Below is a list of all AASA related events taking place at MESA this year (November 17-20, 2016). AASA-Arab American Studies Association ▪ Board Meeting, Thursday, 11/17, 3-4pm, MIT (3) ▪ Members Meeting, Thursday, 11/17, 6:30-7:30pm, Salon C (4) ▪ Open Reception Honoring Elaine Hagopian, Thursday, 11/17, 7:30-8:30pm, Salon C (4) [C4699] Thematic Conversation: Global…
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Dear AASA Members: Below are short biographies and vision statements from each of the candidates running for positions on the Arab American Studies Association (AASA) Executive Board. There is one candidate running for the position of Secretary, two for the position of Web Coordinator, three the position of Member at large, and one for the…
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The Arab American Studies Association will be holding its annual members meeting at the Middle East Studies Association conference in Boston this year. In addition to the usual business of the members meeting (updates about the organization, conference planning, networking, etc) the AASA board is taking the opportunity to hold a small reception to honor…
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Want to Vote in the AASA’s 2016 Election? Renew Membership! In order to vote in the upcoming AASA election for new board members, you must have a current 2016 membership. You can renew or purchase a 2016 membership by going here: 2018 Membership
Dear AASA Members, Election season is upon us in more ways than one. It is time for us to hold elections for the AASA Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee has put forward the below names for election, but we are eager for AASA Members to be able to nominate people as well.…
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AASA Board Member Professor Evelyn Alsultany has been nominated for the El-Hibri Foundation Peace Award for her incredible work in building Arab American studies. From the El-Hibri Foundation website: The following leaders were nominated for the 2016 El-Hibri Peace Education Prize ($30,000), for dedicating their lives to making outstanding contributions and demonstrating long-term leadership in building…
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Forget Poles: Palestinians find a home in suburban Chicago AASA President Louise Cainkar was recently quoted in a Chicago area radio program on Chicago’s growing Palestinian community. Check out the full piece here, and read an excerpt below: How many people of Palestinian descent actually live in the region? The truth is more complicated, but…
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AASA President Louise Cainkar has a new article out via the Middle East Research and Information Project. Check out this preview and see link below to subscribe and read the whole piece. Becoming Arab American by Louise Cainkar published in MER278 Scholars have long found that while pan-Arab organizations in the United States called themselves…
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Dr. Evelyn Alsultnay was recently featured on NPR discussing representations of Muslim women in television. Check out the interview by clicking the link below: “In 2015, TV Broke Ground By Showing Relatable Women in Hijab,” Interview by Neda Ulaby, NPR, January 1, 2016.
Please join us in congratulating AASA board member Evelyn Alsultany for publishing three new articles this spring. Mabrouk, Dr. Alsultany! “Reclaiming Identity Online: An Interview with Evelyn Alsultany, Jane Abell, American Anthropologist, Vol. 118, Issue 1, March 2016, 161-165, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aman.12518/epdf “Representations of Arabs, Muslims, and Iranians in an Era of Complex Characters and Storylines,” Film Criticism Journal,…
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